Job Description

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The Boeing Company is hiring Equipment & Tool Engineer (Level 3) Tool Designers for the Mobility and Surveillance Tool Engineering team located in Tukwila, WA. The team supports multiple BDS military derivative programs, including VC-25B, P-8 Poseidon, KC-46 Tanker, and AWACS, as well as unique special projects throughout the company due to their specialized skills.  This specific opening is for a tool engineering designer supporting our production design efforts. Our team supports a wide variety of military derivative aircraft, as well as other special projects for our internal and external customers. The qualified candidate’s main area of focus will be development of production support tooling to enable a wide array of aircraft installation and modification processes. Excellent interpersonal and communications skills are highly desirable. Position requires a mechanical and spatial aptitude, and strong understanding of Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T)

Position Responsibilities:

• Responsibilities include tool design, process improvement, support of tool fabrication, support to aircraft issues, and proactive engagement with the factory on a daily basis to solve issues and collect improvement ideas.
• Creates and updates tool designs to meet the needs of various internal and external customers across a wide array of programs and projects.
• Uses experience and historical dats to evaluate new tooling requirements and make recommendations for innovative solutions to address safety, production configuration, and production rate issues.
• Validates contractual performance milestones, maintains configuration control, conducts reviews, prepares plans for productions readiness, preventative maintenance, and spares. 
• Conducts training for Production and Maintenance personnel.  
• Develops and implements work-arounds and  maintains configuration of hardware, software and documentation.  
• Performs studies and make recommendation for disposition of assets.

This position is expected to be the majority onsite. The selected candidate will be required to work onsite based on factory and customer needs. Some travel is required (0 – 25%) in support of Boeing factories and military customers both domestic and abroad.

Candidates must be able to obtain a U.S. DOD security clearance that is available only to US Citizens. (An interim and/or final U.S. Secret Clearance Post-Start is required.)

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience):

• Bachelor, Master or Doctorate of Science degree from an accredited course of study, in engineering, computer science, mathematics, physics or chemistry
• 5+ years of experience working in an engineering discipline
• 5+ years of experience working in production/design environment
• 3+ years of experience designing tooling for a production system
• 3+ years of experience using 3 dimensional design systems, such as CATIA V5 or Solidworks
• Experience managing and prioritizing multiple projects in support of key milestones and delivery schedules
• Experience in the application of GD&T principles

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):

• Experience using NASTRAN/PATRAN or similar FEM software to perform structural analysis on aircraft or space structures is a plus
• Experience with various software applications for performing Boeing stress analysis (e.g. IAS, CSW, BDM’s, etc.). Proficiency in coding is a plus.
• Familiarity with using software code in problem solving and/or simple process automation. Any coding language is acceptable, though experience with Visual Basic, HTML, and Spatial Analyzer .mp is preferred
• Experience with contact and non-contact measurement systems
• Metrology software/hardware experience in a production/factory environment
• Demonstrable aptitude for 3D spatial visualization is critical for success in this position.
• Proven capability to correctly evaluate program and project requirements and develop complex designs solutions for the production system
• Strong leadership and analytical skills
• Have a positive attitude and outgoing communications skills
• Excellent innovation and creativity mindset
• Experience on cross-functional and/or cross-organizational teams; works effectively with diverse teams, groups, and individuals
• Ability to sustain high levels of performance while multi-tasking as a team member and individual contributor
• Flexibility to support requirements in a rapidly changing, dynamic, fast-paced program environment

Typical Education/Experience: 
Education/experience typically acquired through advanced technical education from an accredited course of study in engineering, computer science, mathematics, physics or chemistry (e.g. Bachelor) and typically 5 or more years' related work experience or an equivalent combination of technical education and experience (e.g. Master). In the USA, ABET accreditation is the preferred, although not required, accreditation standard.

Relocation:

This position offers relocation based on candidate eligibility.

Drug Free Workplace:

Boeing is a Drug Free Workplace where post offer applicants and employees are subject to testing for marijuana, cocaine, opioids, amphetamines, PCP, and alcohol when criteria is met as outlined in our policies.

Shift:

This position is for 1st shift.  

Union:

This is a union-represented position.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

Boeing is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military/veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.